System: Switch
Release date: January 10, 2025
Developer: Dimps
Publisher: Bandai Namco
Despite the overwhelming and uncontested success of the Nintendo 3DS, I have always felt as though Sony gave up on the PlayStation Vita far too soon, and Freedom Wars is a fine illustration of this point. Originally released in 2014, the game went on to become one of the most successful first-party published titles for the system in Japan and easily filled the void left by the departure of Capcom’s Monster Hunter franchise to Nintendo systems. With its post-apocalyptic dystopian setting, more detailed narrative, and varied mission structure that went beyond simply hunting large single targets over and over again, it felt like the next step for hunting-style action RPGs, limited only by its chosen platform. Playing through the game again over a decade later, Freedom Wars Remastered holds up surprisingly well.
There’s yet another Nintendo Switch game incoming from RedDeerGames, and the company has now announced Mini Market Design. It will be available on January 21, 2025.
Mini Market Design is a creative sandbox game at its core. Players will design and decorate their own mini market – as the name implies.
Accompanying the latest Switch release on My Nintendo is a new physical reward for Donkey Kong Country Returns HD. As of today, members can claim a sticky notes cube.
According to Nintendo, the different sides of the cube “are colorfully printed with bananas and a DK barrel, with Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong featured on every sheet. Each cube comes attached to a wooden pallet.” You’re advised to gently remove sticky notes to keep it intact. The sticky notes cube size measures 2 3/4″x2 3/4″x2″.
December 26: The release date is in for Afterlove EP. Over on Nintendo Switch, the game will be available starting February 14, 2025.
Afterlove EP was first unveiled for Nintendo Switch at the very end of 2021. The team was targeting a launch the following spring, but of course, that didn’t end up happening. It’s now finally set to arrive more than three years after the announcement.
Aspyr is back with a new Tomb Raider 4-6 Remastered trailer today that focuses on bosses players will encounter. Cleopatra’s Guard, Set, Brother Obscura, Mechanical Head, and Mechanical Horseman are shown off here.
Thanks to Aspyr, we have the following information about the remasters:
November 4: Symphonia, the side-scrolling platformer from Headup and Sunny Peak, just secured a release date. The two sides have it pinned down for December 5, 2024.
We originally heard about Symphonia back in August. Headup was only committing to a general 2024 launch window at the time, however.
Learn more about the project in the following overview:
Piko Interactive today announced that its new physical release imprint dubbed Physical Mania is kicking off with boxed versions of Rage of the Dragons Neo on Nintendo Switch. Shipping is estimated for Q2 2025.
Rage of the Dragons Neo will have a standalone release and special edition. The latter features a shock-box with double-sided artwork, two A4 posters, a double-sided 12-inch LP original soundtrack, and a Blu-ray featuring an hour-long interview with one of the creators. For those looking to go all out, we’ll also mention that there are $400 bundles featuring AES and MVS cartridges.
Thanks to Foreign Gnomes, we now have a release date for Everhood 2. This one is confirmed for March 4, 2025.
A sequel to the wildly successful original entry, Everhood 2 was announced back in 2023. The previous title made it to Nintendo Switch back in 2021.
Everything you need to know about the upcoming game can be found in the following overview:
GungHo Online Entertainment just set a release date for Lunar Remastered Collection. The package is confirmed to launch for Nintendo Switch on April 18, 2025.
GungHo previously announced Lunar Remastered Collection last year. We initially had a Spring 2025 launch window.
After it was announced last summer, Techno Banter has a release date on Nintendo Switch. Crunching Koalas and Dexai Arts are launching the game on January 30, 2025.
Techno Banter, a techno-infused bouncer simulator, was technically pushed back. The title was targeting a Q4 2024 release, and while that didn’t happen, it seems that it wasn’t a huge delay.
